Afghanistan is more than the 'graveyard of empires.' It's the mother of vicious circles.

Military guys are rarely as smart as they think they are, and they've never gotten over the fact that civilians run the military.

I think the evangelicals think they're in a holy war now.

Just because digital technology makes connecting possible doesn't mean you're actually reaching people.

Even when conservatives have all the marbles, they still act as if they're under siege. Now that they are under siege, it is no time for them to act as if they're losing their marbles.

It is men's worst fear, personally and professionally, that women will pin the sin on them.

We are riveted by the soap operas of public lives. We admire the famous most for what makes them infamous: it reassures us that they are not better and no happier than all the people with their noses pressed hard against the glass.